Publisher to the decadents
Subtitle: Leonard Smithers in the careers of Beardsley, Wilde, Dowson
By: James G. Nelson ; with an appendix on Smithers and the erotic book trade by Peter Mendes and a checklist of Smithers' publications by James G. Nelson and Peter Mendes.
Contributors: Mendes, Peter.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: University Park
Language: eng
Number of pages: 430
Subjects: Smithers, Leonard C. 1861-1907; Beardsley, Aubrey, 1872-1898 -- Relations with publishers; Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 -- Relations with publishers; Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900 -- Relations with publishers; Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain -- Biography; Literature publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Literature publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Decadence (Literary movement) -- Great Britain; Erotic literature -- Publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Erotic literature -- Publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.